Events for June 09

June 9, 0597

Colum Cille, (St Columba) Irish Bard and monk, honored in all Celtic lands, died.

Saint Columba or Saint Colm Cille sometimes known as St. Columba of Iona (7 December 521 - 9 June 597), (Old Irish Columb Cille, meaning Dove of the church), was the outstanding figure among the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages.

June 9, 1798

Rebels attack Arklow. They are defeated with heavy losses; in Co. Down, Rebels take Saintfield and repulse a Government attack. Garrison abandons Newtownards, which is occupied by the rebels; unsuccessful attack on Portaferry

June 9, 1942

First US troops (over, 10,000 men) disembark from Queen Mary on the River Clyde.

June 9, 1888

Basil Stanley Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough; unionist politician and Northern Ireland prime minister from 1943-63, is born in Colebrook, Co. Fermanagh